Russian state-owned news agency TASS has announced a press conference of fugitive president Viktor Yanukovych to be held in Rostov-on-Don November 25.

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According to an UNIAN correspondent in Russia, the press conference is scheduled for 19:00 Moscow time on Friday.

"A press conference of the fourth president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, will be held in Rostov-on-Don following his video conference with Svyatoshinsky District Court of Kyiv, as he will testify as a witness in the case into the events on the Maidan," reads the announcement.

To attend the press conference, accreditation is needed: Russian journalists must present a valid passport and an editorial ID, while foreign journalists must present a passport and an accreditation ID issued by the Russian Foreign Ministry.

UNIAN memo. Svyatoshinsky District Court of Kyiv is hearing a case against five former Berkut police special forces troops: Pavlo Abroskin, Serhiy Zinchenko, Oleksandr Marinchenko, Serhiy Tamtura, and Oleh Yanyshevskiy, all accused of shooting Maidan activists in February 2014.